Microsoft Entra ID Authentication for Django¶

A Django authentication backend for Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD)

Free software: BSD License
Homepage: https://github.com/tnware/django-entra-auth
Documentation: http://django-entra-auth.readthedocs.io/

Important

This project is derived from the excellent work by Joris Beckers and contributors on django-auth-adfs. We maintain the same BSD license and have adapted their codebase for Microsoft Entra ID-specific functionality. Many thanks to the original authors for their contributions to the Django authentication ecosystem.

Features¶

Integrates Django with Microsoft Entra ID in the cloud
Provides seamless single sign on (SSO) for your Django project
Auto creates users and adds them to Django groups based on info received from Entra ID
Django Rest Framework (DRF) integration: Authenticate against your API with an Entra ID access token

Note

While this library fully supports Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure AD), you’ll notice that many class names in the code still use “Adfs” prefix (e.g., AdfsBaseBackend, AdfsAuthCodeBackend). This naming is historical and maintained for backward compatibility. The library works with Microsoft Entra ID regardless of these class names.

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